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In the latest incident for which she had a record, a deputy responded to a complaint logged at 3:11 p.m. on April 20. The deputy's report said the reading he took of the ampli- fied live music in the complainant's back yard on Montclair Drive — across Phillippi Creek from Bob's Boathouse — showed a read- ing of 70.7 dbC (referring to the bass level). Afterward, the report continues, the band went on break, so he took a sampling of the ambient noise — road sounds from South Tamiami Trail and "some faint talking origi- nating from a backyard a few houses north of the complainant's," and the reading was 63.3. Among the changes in the county noise ordi- nance is the requirement that decibel readings in the range most people hear — designated as dbA measurements — cannot exceed a level of 60 from a residential receiving area between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. or 55 dbA between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The maximum allowed level for bass recordings between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. is 65 dbC. The deputy then spoke with manager Ryan Cussans at Bob's Boathouse, the report con- tinues. "Per instructions I have received from my supervisor," the deputy wrote, he issued Cussans a criminal notice to appear for the violation. The Sheriff's Office declined comment about the supervisor's instructions other than to say that it works to handle new situations as they arise. "Cussans took receipt of the citation and advised he would turn the music down," the deputy added in the April 20 report. Bob's Boathouse attorney James E. Aker told the News Leader this was the second case in which the Sheriff's Office had served a man- ager individually. He filed "not guilty" pleas in both, he pointed out. A pretrial hearing in the Cussans case is scheduled before Judge Maryann Boehm at 9 a.m. on June 10, according to court records. The entrance to Bob's Boathouse is through a boat that has had its interior removed. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader May 30, 2014 Page 44